Nature Conservancy of Canada buys land along eastern Newfoundland river

MOUNT CARMEL, N.L. — The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it has protected 64 hectares along the Salmonier River in eastern Newfoundland that include a unique forest lichen and freshwater habitat for Atlantic salmon.

The conservancy says it has purchased the habitat near the community of Mount Carmel-Mitchells Brook-St. Catherines, which supports the threatened population of Atlantic salmon in southern Newfoundland.

It says the land is also one of the few remaining locations on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula with untouched forest.